Imprint derived from colophon: Impressum Venetiis p[er] Symonem dictu[s] Beuilaqua. 1498. die octauo Maij

Includes index of Hebrew names with their interpretations

Contains a series of woodcuts taken from the Malermi Italian Bibles of 1490, 1492, etc

"Tabula super Bibliam per versus composita" attributed to Alexander Villadeus; "Tabula alphabetica ... a Gabriele Bruno."

Some woodcuts are signed "b."

Signatures: pi⁸ [superscript pi]a¹⁰ a-r⁸ [long s]⁸ s⁸ t-z⁸ [&]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-Z⁸ 2a-2g⁸ 2h¹⁰ 2A-2D⁸ 2E⁴.

Chancery quarto; printed in double columns, c4 recto: 51 lines plus headline, 162 (171) x 111 mm; types: 130G, 107R, 85G, 63G; woodcut and initial at the beginning of each book; printed Lombards, initial spaces with guide letters.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, 522

Incunabula short title catalogueIncunabula short title catalogue, ib00603000

Goff, Frederick R. Incunabula in American libraries, B603

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.21 leaf dimensions: 206 x 152 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.21 with dealers' notes, codes, etc. at front. Two inscriptions at the head of a1 recto, both struck out and partially illegible. The first: "Sti. Petri [...]," the second, from an Augustinian house: "Ad usum f[ratris] Augustini [...] sā Alphonsus de M[...] V.G. Con[...]" "Salvato" inscribed in an early hand above the printer's device on final leaf, under which, in another early hand, is an inscription in Greek. Purchased from David O'Neal in 1989 (Acc.89-281). Former call number Q.498.B47B.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.21 bound in modern black, hard-grained morocco with the title stamped in gilt on the spine.

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